Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-08
GIBBS AS A DARK HORSE.
Possibility Of the Leader of the Kid
Democracy Being Struck BY
Senatorial Lightning.
The Knights of Labor and Farmers AL
1ianco Voters Strongly in Favor of
.,l Reagan-A Caucus.
Special to the Gazette.


Special to the Gazette. -.
DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 1T was under
stood among the local newspaper report.
ers last night that Lieut.. Gov. Gibbs ,and
a number of members of the Legislature
from North and Northeast Texas had
taken an early night train for Austin
Such was the intention, but at the last
moment postponement Of their depar
ture was voted until this evenings There
was evidently method in this movement,
for to-day an important rumor sprang W
on the political breeze and was soor
waited to the ears of the reporters, to the
effect that caucus had been held al
which the election of United States sen
ator to succeed Senator MaIey
was discussed. Mr.. Gibbs and Sen
ator Temple Houston from the
great plains of the Panhandle; Senator
Pope from the tall pines of the Marshall
section of East Texas, and Senator John
o. Terrell from this (the SIXTEENTH dis
trict were represented as the leading
spirits of the informal talks before the
caucus assembled. Senator Terrell, it is
understood, did not participate in the
private deliberations. The names of the
other participants in the confiden.
tial council can not be ascertained
but it was given out thai
Senator Houston is for Ma1ey so long as
there is ghost of chaEce for his sue.
cess; that Senator Pope is for Ireland to
the same limit, and is positive of the gov.
ernor's election on the third or fourth
ballot; that Senator Terrell is for Res.
gan, with a kindly feeling for Judge Ter,
rell and Gov. Ireland as second choices
The dark horse, it is learned, came in fol
the most interesting part of the consid-
Grafton. 1t was evident that this some
times speedy animal is in sight Of the sen
atorial race-course numerously, and that
in certain contingencies Bar
ney Gibbs will be enc of him
All the statesmen named, it is
stated, are personal friends of the
retiring young acknowledgement, rec
ognized for several years past as the
leader of the frisky but sometimes cratic
Kid Democracy of Texas, and that undel
certain circumstances they might rally
under his senatorial standard. Newspa
per men this afternoon sought informa
ton on the caucus, but found mum the
word. Mr.. Gibbs would have nothing tc
say on the subject, until it was suggested
that several communications from vari
Gus parts of the stste in the Fort Worth
GAZETTE had suggested Congressman
DIN Wellborn as suitable coursel
to groom as dark horse. Then the
buoyant Barney became himself AGAR
and broke the monotony with the positive
and pronounced proposition thlt Gas be.
tween himself and Mr.. Wellborn before
the legislature, he could get ten votes to
Mr.. Wellborn's one." This was as good
declaration on the dark-horse issue, as
the newspaper boys could expect to ex,
tract from the Kid leader, so they SHOOK
hands with and babe him adieu and a
pleasant trip to the state capital; ther
went forth to reconnoiter.
A man well up on Knights of
Labor and Farmers Alliance poll
tics was soon surrounded and
ordered to surrender up his knowledge
of the situation, particularly concerning
the significance of tie convention of those
and kindred orders to assemble in this
city tomorrow to send delegates TO the
Nationsl Labor convention at Cincinnati
next spring. With the reportorisl sugur
menaclng the man, he concluded that dis
erection was the better part of valor and
secured the honorable terms of war of re-
tanning his side-arms-that is, he would
not be required to surrender sacred
secrets in his and his comrades keeping,
provided he would answer certain stated
lnterrogatories. This he agreed to, and they
were put something after this fashion:
'Will the meeting tomorrow talk over
the senatorial succession"
at is more than probable it will. In
fact, l think it will be the most important
of the questions delibersted upon"
"Is it so that the orders forming the in
tually committed in advance to the sup.
port OF Mr.. Reagan for senator, and will
have strong delegation present st Aus
tin in his INTEREST,""
eyes, that can be accepted as fact. II
has been an open secret for long time
that he is our choice, and we hope to see
him elected, and shall use all honorable
means to aid his cause.''
SIN the event of deadlock between
the present announced aspirants, Reagan,
Ireland, Terrell and Maxey, and CON-
promise candidate is necessary, who will
the farmers and the Knights throw their
influence for ?"
"That | en- not at liberty to say; in
fact, TO tell the truth, l don't know.
Several names have been canvassed, but
1 will not mention them.n
"Does Barney Gibbs name appear
among the number i'
81 must decline to say as to that
also. OF course, we feel that
Barney Gibbs stood by us as the
best Democratic exponent of our ideas in
the recent campaign, and has lost none OF